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ICMR chief, Covid, antibodies

Covid booster dose not central theme at the moment: ICMR chief

alking about the ongoing vaccination drive in the country, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that 20 per cent of India’s adult population have received both the doses of the vaccine, while 62 per cent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Shekhawat, Water Cycle, Climate Change

BJP’s election in-charge to visit Punjab soon

In the run up to the assembly polls scheduled early next year, the BJP Punjab unit has launched several campaigns to strengthen its organisational structure at ground level. Sharma said that work is progressing at good pace for formation of a 21-member committee at each polling booth.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, PM-KISAN, Finance Minister

Govt approves Rs 30,600 cr sovereign guarantee to operationise bad bank

Giving details of the latest reform initiative taken by the government to clean up the banking sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that in the last six financial years, banks have already recovered Rs 5,01,479 crore. Of this, Rs 3.1 lakh crore has been recovered since March 2018.

With embassies closed, black market for visas thriving in Afghanistan

“The real price for a Tajikistan visa is $60, but in the black market it is around $350 to $400. The real price for Turkey’s visa is $120, but in the black market it is selling for up to $5,000. There are secrets that we do not know, and only the firsthand dealers know how to obtain them,”

‘If NCP, Cong don’t align, secular votes will split in Goa’

The Congress earlier this month had brushed aside a “15 day ultimatum” served by the NCP national general secretary Praful Patel, who had given the Congress in Goa 15-days time to decide on an alliance between the two parties for the 2022 assembly polls.